Story

Abstract: Story collected by Francis King, a student at Maigh Ard school (Moyard, Co. Galway) from informant an unidentified informant.

Original reference: 0006/4/22

 Maigh Ard [Vol. 0006, Chapter 0004]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

COLLECTOR
King, Francis 
Gender
male
Location
Crocknaraw (Townland) 
Ballynakill (Civil parish) 
Ballynahinch (Barony) 
Galway (County) 
INFORMANT
unidentified 
Relation
parent
Gender
male

Story text

transcribed at

 

A Story  [duchas:4595337]

Once upon a time there lived a man in an old tatched house. One evening as the man was coming home after milking the cows he saw a weasel crossing the road and he killed him with a stone.
In the middle of the night a weasel came and killed him.
One day a man was hunting in Glás na Coigly and one of the dogs ran after a hare and he broke his leg so the man ran home for his gun.
When he came again to the hare under a cliff and fired a shot at him. 
At that moment the hare became a witch and the man fell off in a weakness and when he got alright the witch was gone.
I heard this story from my father who lives in Rockfield

Resource description

Origin information
Moyard, Co. Galway
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 126
Volume 0006
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Máirtín Ó Dubhshlain.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Supernatural and legendary beings--Neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha
Animals--Folklore
Animal-lore--Seanchas ainmhithe
School location
Moyard Maigh Ard Moyard Ballynakill Ballynahinch Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4626020
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0006/4/22

Suggested credit
"A Story"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4626020>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Máirtín Ó Dubhshlain.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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